Tung-Shan

male
Tang Dynasty poet, Verses of the Five Ranks, chinese, poet, Zen Buddhist monk, Soto Zen…zen
Tung-shan Liang-chieh (Japanese: Tōzan Ryōkai was an ancient Chinese Ch'an (Zen, "Jap.") master whom is the credited founder of the Tsao-tung Ch...
Dainin Katagiri

Dainin Katagiri

male, deceased (1990)
from Osaka Prefecture, Buddhist, zen, soto, Zen Buddhist monk, Minnesota Zen Center…Minnesota Zen Meditation Center
Dainin Katagiri (1928-1990) was a Japanese Zen Buddhist teacher in the Soto lineage and a notable figure involved in the 1960s transmission of Zen...
Kosho Uchiyama

Kosho Uchiyama

male, deceased (1998)
The Wholehearted Way, Opening the hand of thought, Miyazaki Prefecture, monastery, waseda university, Western philosophy…Zen Buddhist monk, Approach to Zen, Soto Zen, zen
Kosho Uchiyama roshi (1912-1998) was a Soto Zen priest who served as head abbot of Antai-ji temple, a Soto Zen monastery established in 1923 by Oka...
Sengai

Sengai

male, deceased (1837)
painter, zen, yokohama, fukuoka, Japanese, Rinzai
Sengai Gibon was a Japanese monk of the Rinzai (臨在宗) sect (one of the ramifications of the Zen branch of Buddhism). He was known for his contro...
Masao Abe

Masao Abe

male, 94 years old
University of Hawaii, Columbia University, kenotic, John Cobb, University of Hawai'i, John B. Cobb, Jr.…zen
Masao Abe (b. 1915) is a Buddhist philosopher and emeritus pofessor of Nara University. He is considered to be part of the Kyoto School of...
David Loy

David Loy

male
Xavier University, World Federation of Buddhists Review, Contemporary Buddhism, Robert Aitken Roshi, Bunkyo University, Cultural Dynamics…zen
Dr. David R. Loy currently holds the Besl Family Chair of Ethics/Religion & Society, a visiting appointment at Xavier University in Cincinnati,...
John Tarrant

John Tarrant

male, 60 years old
Australian National University alumni, Buddhist, zen, Australian, Buddhism, zen buddhism…Pacific Zen Institute
John Tarrant (born 1949) is a Western Zen teacher, currently director of the Pacific Zen Institute in Santa Rosa, California. Tarrant was raised in...

James H. Austin

male
zen meditation, Zen-Brain Reflections, zazen, human brain, Neurotheology, Oneness…zen, Zen and the Brain
James H. Austin is Clinical Professor of Neurology, University of Missouri Health Science Center, and Emeritus Professor of Neurology, University...

Zhaozhou

male
Tang Dynasty Buddhist, Mǎzǔ Dàoyī, Blue Cliff Record, Buddhist monasticism, Jiedushi, The Gateless Gate…Zen Buddhist monk, zen
Zhaozhou became ordained as a monk at an early age. At the age of 18, he met Nánquán Pǔyuàn (南泉普願 748–835; J: Nansen Fugan), a successor of M...

Albert Low

male, 81 years old
mozambique, South West Africa, Queen’s University, Royal Navy, newspaper, CEO…zen
Dr. Albert William Low is an authorized Zen master, an internationally published author, and a former human resources executive. He has lived in...